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Features: Mount Rushmore - Mountain sculpture - it was necessary to develop a new method of removing stone in cutting Stone Mountain and Mount Rushmore Memorials; Fast rail car on pneumatic tires - first pneumatic-tired, diesel-electric car of light weight and high speed goes into service in this country; Editorials - rehabilitiation necessary - planetary vibrations - progress; Delicate instruments tame wild airplanes - airplane characteristics are determined by instruments which measure stresses on models in wind tunnel gales; The new wave atom, elusive and mysterious - "a pleasing peep into a thing which, admittedly, only the mathematician can hope to bring into clear focus; Concrete that withstands the sea - new method of impregnating concrete with asphalt makes the concrete resistant to corrosion of sea water and chemicals; The amazing process of vision - an intensely interesting discussion of the infinite superiority of the eye over any lens that man can make; The disappearance of the red man's culture - the war paint and regalia of the Indian now belong only to the circus; Fiddling on aluminum - musicians said it couldn't be made, but the aluminum violin is an accomplished fact; The snow surveyor of the sierras - expected run-off during summer to city water reservoirs is surveyed in winter in the mountains; Invention - a coming profession - invention has come of age and is ready to be included in the curricula of schools; The Kukulograph (later marketed as "Spirograph") - the "Circle-circle-writer" with which intricate designs in loops and whorls may be made; Leather power-belts regain favor - improvements in leather belt making portend a reversion to group drive instead of the present individual drive; Science aids canners - new process of removing oxygen from foods before sealing in cans prevents oxidation that causes spoilage; Natural gas greets a substitute - newly developed gas manufactured from diesel oil may be used to replace natural gas in an emergency; Toothpaste facts and fancies - merits lie principally in imagination of ad writers, say chemists. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
In-4, 98p. Tirage limité à 500 exemplaires numérotés (notre exemplaire n'est pas justifié). Texte bilingue français et anglais. Importante iconographie, reproductions de tableaux, photographies d'instruments, croquis, etc... Préface de Maurice Béjart. Avant-propos de Christophe Coin. A l'état de neuf.
Opera completa in 3 spessi volumi in 8° (cm. 24,3x15,7), pp. 440; pp. 516; pp. 319, (1b). Con 87 ILLUSTRAZ. e ritr. a piena pag. solo recto b.n. n.t. e centinaia di citazioni in MUSICA. Solida mz. pelle coeva muta, insignif. usure alle integre cern. e cuffie. LAURENCIE, musicologo, allievo di Reynier, maestro di violino, e di Bourgault-Ducoudray; docente all'Ecole des hautes études sociales, diresse la Société Française de Musicologie e la Encyclopédie de Musique et Dictionnaire du Conservatoire (Wikipedia). Ricercato, raro (perfino nell'anastatica) e fondamentale. Edizione originale.
in-16, pp. XVII, 444, leg. edit. Prima ediz.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates and facsimiles throughout; oatmeal cloth, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at edges. Nice set of a scarce and important work. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
First collected edition of Messiaen's detailed accounts of each of Mozart's piano concertos, which had appeared individually in concert programs. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was the pre-eminent French composer of the second half of the 20th century. From a total edition of 100 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES WITH A LOOSE COLOR LITHOGRAPH BY BALTHUS. The lithograph, in soft colors, depicts a bay with a smoking volcano in the background. Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001) was one of the great French artists of the 20th century. In theory, the book is supposed to be signed by Messiaen and the lithograph by Balthus, but in fact neither is signed. The publication of this book was carried out in the most chaotic possible way: Messiaen ended up signing only presentation copies, and Balthus ended up signing only a few impressions of the lithograph. Large folio (56 x 38.5 cm). Loose as issued in printed wraps and publisher's cloth portfolio/clamshell box. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects.